Radiator shield and dust collector



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yApplicatian filed December 13, 1924. Serial No. 755,6/13. l

This invention `pertains to radiator shields and dust` collectors adapted for mounting over and around heat-radiators of any kind or type. It is well known that thedust' par- 5 ticles carried in the air currents of a lroom CTI provided with heating radiators are ordinarily carried up pastthe radiatorsand that a large proportion of such dust particles are deposited-upon the walls back of the. radia tors, thereby blackening the walls-andrendering them unsightly. lt is the `primary purpose of the present invention, therefore,

to Jfurnish a shield' of the kind indicated,

and shape of the radiator. lf desired a cover or rest 11 may be provided for the top of the casing. This consists of a sheet of metal or other material having short legs 12, formed with offset feet 13 adapted to. .engage holes 14 cut through the fiange. formlng the stops 6. The cover 11 which is of .greater area than that of the opening defined by the ylower edges of the inclined anges forming with means incorporated thereon for' intercepting these said dust particles and causing the same to be deposited yin specially provided dus'ttroughs. A l

In the drawing: Figure-1 is a side elevation of the improved shield, including the .topv or cover, Figure 2 is a top or plan view of the shield the cover being omitted, Figure 3 is a vertical cross section through the shield and cover, the radiator being indi- .cated in dotted lines..

1n constructing my Aproposed improves ment, 1 provide a casing '1,- which 1s left open at vthe top andbottom ends as' shown the stops 6, is adapted to intercept dust and deflect'thel same downwardly.

ln use, and as the air currents pass up through the air-ways 8, the particles of dust carried inthe air currents strike the under sides of the dust stops 6, and are thereby in alarge degree-intercepted, and either adhere to the stops or` losing their momentum, fall i back downwardly into thel dust troughs 7 or onto the tloor,`and are thus prevented rom'lodging upon and soiling the wallsfof the room, lparticularly the wall immediately back of the radiator. As a matterv of fact, it has been found in actual practice that a very large percentage of the ascending dust interceptedby the stops lodges upon the under' -side of the stops 6 and is held there by at 2', and-adapted to sit loosely over and' around. he ordinary radiator 3. lhis casing is provided with legsl so as. to ralse it above the door 5, and permit aircurrents to pass` under the casing and up past the sides of the vradiator and nally .out at the top ot the casing. rlihe upper edges of the casing are bent.v

over inwardly and downwardly towards the radiator 3, so as to form dust .stops v6;.and

are narrower in width thanthe. stopsft, so

l that they fallshort of the sides of the radaf tor, leaving air spacesor air-ways '8 between theinner edges 9 of theftroughs'and. the

radiator. ltwill also be noted that the inner edges 10 of vthe stops 6 stand elevated substantially above the top ofthe radiator soQthat the air-'waysS at the sides and ends or" the` structure are continuous from Abottom to top. The, casing 1 1s preferably constructed of cohesion until removed by means' of .a damp cloth. v A A While l have herein. described a certain specific method of constructing and assem? bling the elements of my invention, it is .understood same may be varied vin minor' details, not departing from the spirit of my invention as dened in the appended claims. Having so described my invention, what 1 claim as new and patentables: -f i 1.- A device vof the kind described,' 1c0m prising incombination with a heat radiator,

tive to the bottomV of ,the radiator. 2. A shield and.. dust collector sheet! metal`,'but any other suitable material' may beJemployed and the casing as awhole'V is built to substantially conform to the sizea casing adapted to enclose the radiator` at` the sides andfendsthe top and .bottom ends of the casing being turned inwardly toward the radiator to form dust stops and dust troughs',respectivelyY and lmeans for sustaining the casing in an 'elevated 'position relafor lieat radiators, comprising'V a casing'adapted to enclose the radiatory at the up er edges of..tlie casingbeing turned inwar y and downwardl of the radiator to form ust stops, andthe the sides and ends,

.towards the top -l lower edges beingturned'inwardly and upwardly to form dust troughs.

3. ln. a shi ld and dust collector :tor a heat;

radiator 'wherein is embodied a casing for the sides and ends having inwardly disposed dust stops at the upper edges thereof; a cover and dust deiieotor for the top of the casing; and means for mounting the cover and deiector at the top of the casing and in spaced relation thereto.'

4. A shield and dust collector for-heat radiators` comprising ay casing adapted to enclose a radiator-at the sides and ends l except for an air space at the-bot-tom,'the upper edges of the casing being turned inwardly and downwardly towards the top of the radiator to form dust stops, a cover mounted upon the downwardly and inwardly turned upper edges of the oasingand arranged in spaced relation with the some and means at the bottom'of the casing for holding the dust.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

WEIDNER J. DENNING. 

